Chapter 227: Ten pounds of salt for one pound of rice
Su Nuan was shocked. What did that mean? Proposing to her?
The village chief said with a burning gaze, "Isn't your sister unmarried? Why not marry into our family?"
Su Nuan quickly said, "No, no, my sister is engaged and will get married when she is old enough."
The village chief was very disappointed, but then he smiled and said, "Then let me adopt you as my godson."
Su Nuan laughed dryly and said, "Don't be so polite. Don't worry, I will come to see my sister often. Besides, I need salt, so I will definitely come over often."
The village chief smiled and said, "We are not short of salt here. I have several hundred kilograms at home. If you need it, you can take it."
Su Nuan was a little surprised. So generous? I don't think I'm that generous.
The village chief was a little embarrassed by Su Nuan's attack, "Well, salt is not a rare commodity here, and our salt is all black salt, not the pure salt sold by the government."
Black salt is produced from the first batch of sun-dried salt and contains many impurities.
The salt sold by the government is washed and ground using a millstone, so it looks much cleaner.
Su Nuan didn't dislike black salt, so she nodded and said, "Okay, then how do you plan to exchange it? How much black salt can I get for one kilogram of rice?"
Originally, it was said that ten kilograms of fish could be exchanged for one kilogram of rice, and for salt, it could be five kilograms for one kilogram of rice.
The village chief thought for a moment and said, "How about this: ten catties of salt and one catty of polished rice."
Japonica rice is relatively expensive, but it’s worth exchanging it for ten kilograms of salt.
Su Nuan nodded and said, "Okay, I brought a hundred kilograms of food for my sister, including twenty kilograms of polished rice, twenty kilograms of corn, and the rest are miscellaneous grains."
"I'll trade you these twenty kilograms of polished rice for salt first. I'll bring some food for my sister next time I come."
The village chief had no objection, and rubbed his hands happily, "Your brothers have gone out to sea and haven't come back yet. We can have dinner when they come back."
Su Nuan nodded, "Then let's go down the mountain. This pool of water won't run away."
Seeing Su Nuan carrying a bucket in each hand with ease, the village chief walked down the mountain with his hands behind his back.
Arriving at the village chief's house, Su Nuan smiled and said, "I'll go get the rice first."
She returned to Dong'er, also known as Su Xia's house. The place had been cleaned up, but the wall had not been built yet.
Su Xia looked at Su Nuan and smiled, "Sister, have you found a place today?"
Su Nuan nodded, "I found it. I'll take you to see it tomorrow."
"By the way, Su Zhen is going to perform in a play tomorrow. I'll go back to the Northland after the show."
"I'll come back when the North is more stable. Do you have a cellar here?"
Su Xia nodded, "Yes, people living by the sea have cellars to store pickled fish and other items."
The two men left the house and went around to the back. The cellar was right behind the house, with double doors on a slanted surface.
Su Xia opened a door and saw a ladder underneath, which was dark.
Su Nuan took out the night pearl and went down to the cellar to take a look.
The walls here are damp and smell like salted fish.
Su Nuan took out shelves and food from the space and put them away for her.
Su Xia just thought it was taken out of the backpack and was not surprised.
She said in frustration, "I was in such a hurry this time. I'll just wait for you to come next time. I'll go fishing, pick up seafood, dry it, and store it."
Su Nuan nodded, "Don't worry about it. Don't be reluctant to eat the food I put out."
"Also, you need to finish these lard and bacon as soon as possible. It's damp at the seaside, so they'll go bad quickly."
Su Xia looked at Su Nuan with a smile. She didn't feel that she was nagging, but felt particularly happy instead.
Su Nuan took out another 20 kilograms of polished rice and said, "Exchange these with the village chief for salt. One kilogram for ten kilograms."
Su Xia nodded, "I'll go change."
Su Nuan thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to the mountains to hunt. I can't just go empty-handed when someone treats me."
Su Xia responded: "Okay, there are no large wild animals on this mountain right now, but there are quite a few pheasants and rabbits."
Su Nuan nodded, took out his bow and arrow and went up the mountain.
I originally wanted to take prey from the space, but after thinking about it, I gave up. The prey in the space, even if dead, tastes better than the prey outside, so it’s better not to let them eat it.
Su Nuan went to the mountain to hunt two wild rabbits and three pheasants, and carried them down the mountain.
It is spring now, so we can't hunt too much. We have to let them reproduce.
After going down the mountain, we came to the village chief's house, and his two sons had also returned.
Su Nuan threw the prey in the yard and said with a smile, "I'm lucky today."
The village chief's two sons were both in their thirties. They smiled at Su Nuan innocently.
Su Nuan responded politely, "Hello, uncles. What seafood do you have? I haven't eaten seafood in a long time."
The village chief's son said, "There are quite a few shrimps and small stone fish today."
The second son laughed and said, "A lot of things haven't been unloaded yet. We won't know until we finish sorting them out."
Su Nuan nodded. The second brother was smarter than the eldest brother. He knew how to be vague and not let outsiders know what seafood they had.
The village chief smiled and said, "Okay, hurry up and bring it back so your wives can come back and cook. You don't have to go to the sea anymore."
"Also, bring the delicious food to entertain our guests tonight."
The two nodded, and although they were curious, they didn't ask anything.
Su Nuan helped to deal with the prey. She said, "Let me do these. You may not be able to handle them."
The village chief chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you then."
Su Nuan used the village chief's big pot to stew a pot of braised pheasant and a pot of spicy rabbit meat.
The village chief couldn't help but taste a piece of rabbit meat. It was so spicy that it made him hiss, but he couldn't help wanting to eat it.
"Daughter, what's in this?"
Su Nuan smiled and said, "It's cold in the north, so we should eat something warming. These are all seasonings for warming the body."
"It's quite damp and cold here at the seaside, so eating something will be good for your health."
The village chief nodded and said, "No wonder I feel so relaxed all over."
Su Nuan: “…” How could it be so fast? It’s just to satisfy my craving.
After preparing these two dishes, Su Nuan sat in the yard and watched them prepare the seafood.
Su Xia also came to help. She was very skilled in handling sea fish, like someone who grew up by the sea.
Seeing Su Nuan looking at her, Su Xia smiled and said, "This kind of fish is called peeled skin fish. The skin is very hard, but after peeling it, the fish meat is very delicious."
“We usually dry them and store them because they are hard to sell without the skin.”
"Oh, and this one, look at it. Doesn't it look like a ball when it's inflated?"
"This thing is poisonous, but it tastes very good when processed properly."
"And these shrimps, they're small and don't look like they have much meat, but when you dry them, they're very delicious when you sprinkle a handful on the soup."
After listening to Su Xia's introduction, Su Nuan felt that this life was not bad. She decided to stay here for a while and relax when she had nothing to do.
The village chief on the other side asked his family to process the conches and big fish.
Su Nuan asked: "Sister, what kind of person do you want to find in the future?"
Su Xia shook her head, "No."
Su Nuan whispered, "I told them you're engaged and you'll get married when you're old enough. Don't let it slip, unless there's someone here you like."
Su Xia blushed and said hesitantly, "There is indeed someone I like."
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